title: Reoperative off-pump right subclavian artery to right coronary artery bypass grafting without full sternotomy.
abstract: Stenosis or occlusion of a large right coronary artery or its vein grafts in symptomatic patients who underwent previous bypass grafting procedure with patent left-sided grafts is mostly managed by percutaneous interventions. When percutaneous interventions fail, it is a difficult decision to reoperate on a such patient for a single-vessel disease considering the risk of resternotomy. We present our technique which involves small anterior thoracotomy and partial sternotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiology, Ege University Medical School Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. anil.apaydin@ege.edu.tr
authors.forename: Anil Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Apaydin
authors.forename: Emrah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oguz
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Posacioglu
authors.forename: Tanzer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Calkavur
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ayik
authors.forename: Soysal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turhan
authors.forename: Oguz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yavuzgil
authors.forename: Naim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ceylan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000379:methods*; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome